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Tibet, a rich and beautiful land,
is located at the main part of Qinghai-Tibet
plateau, south-West frontier of China. Tibet borders
with Sichuan, Yuannan, Qinghai And Xinjiang; to the
south contiguous to India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and
Burma, and bounded by Kashmir on the west. When the
word Tibet is mentioned something icy chills the
readers' nerves. In fact it snows only once or twice
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of bright sunshine, it is not at
all cold during the daytime even in the coldest of
the winter. Tibet is so sunny that it produces a
year-round sunshine of over 3,000 hours in a year.
Its old name-"land of snow" - the name by which
Tibet is almost popularly known as, is always
thickly covered with snow with hardly any signs Of
inhabitation. In fact, it is correct only when it is
referred to the world greatest ranges located in Ima,
the Tisi, and like. These ranges, run by leaps and
bounds across the country showing their beautiful
snow covered peaks against the bluest of skies.
Geographically, Tibet can be divided into three
major parts, the east, north and south. The eastern
part is forest region, occupying approximately
one-fourth of the land. Virgin forests run The
entire breadth and length of this part of Tibet. The
northern part is open grassland, where nomads and
yak and sheep dwell here. This part occupies
approximately half of Tibet. The southern and
central part is agricultural region, occupying about
one-fourth of Tibet's land area. with all major
Tibetan cities and towns such as Lhasa, Shigatse,
Gyantse ad Tsetang located in this area, it is
considered the cultural center of Tibet. The total
area of the Tibet Autonomous Region is 1,200,000
square kilometers and its population is 1,890,000.
The region is administratively divided into one
municipality and six prefectures. The municipality
is Lhasa, while the six prefectures are Shigatse,
Ngari, Lhaoka, Chamdo, Nakchu and Nyingtri (kongpo).
The People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous
Region exercises the highest administrative
authority in Tibet. |
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